7 Veggie Facts

Here are some freaky facts about veggies that we love to eat. There is a lot more to these veggies than you might think.

1. Did you know that cabbage is used by ancient Chinese to cure baldness?

2. Why onions make you cry when you slice them? Onions have sulfuric chemicals that are responsible in irritating your tear ducts.

3. In Europe, they are afraid to eat potatoes because they believed that potatoes can cause leprosy, which is a highly infectious skin disease. Europeans just started eating potatoes when King Louis XVI served them at the royal table. Potatoes are safe to eat.

4. Will you believe that apples, onions and potatoes have the same taste? Yes, they only differ in smell that makes the flavor taste different.

5. Broccoli and Cauliflower are vegetables and at the same time they are also flowers. Broccoli

has much calcium as whole milk.

6. Ancient Egyptians are believed to use onions to fill the eye socket of mummies. And they also used resin covered with onion skin in the mummies’ nostrils.

7. Tomatoes are poisonous? Yes, they were until the people realized that they are safe to eat in 1830.

Quick Tips On Vegetables

1. A great way you will more likely to eat vegetables is to keep them on place where you can see it. You should keep out on the counter or place them in the front of the refrigerator.

2. Fill your plate with vegetables and fruits every meal, everyday. You can serve them in salads, stir fry and the like.

3. Choose something new. In short, make some variety; always try some new fruits and vegetables. Variety is for healthy diet.

4. Choose to eat vegetables that are packed with more nutrients and more slowly digested carbohydrates.

5. Try some new recipes for your vegetables for meal. Try some Mollie Katzen's asparagus with warm tarragon-pecan vinaigrette, or Nina Simonds' spicy broccolini with red pepper.

An Introduction

Welcome!

I have a secret to share with you. I have been an avid vegetable eater for 30 years. And I have found out the incredible health benefits of a diet rich in vegetables. Among the benefits include lower blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and probably some cancers; lower risk of eye and digestive problems; and a mellowing effect on blood sugar that can help keep appetite in check.

I always choose to eat more vegetables and fruits. I usually go for dark green, yellow, orange and red color and variety. My target is at least nine servings of vegetables and fruits a day. I go for a variety of kinds and colors in order for me to have a mix of nutrients I need.